P2P2 — Developing Professional
CRA (Early Career)
An intermediate CRA capable of performing core monitoring activities with limited supervision.
What this level means
Early-career professional; developing skills, handles routine tasks with some independence
- Scope
- Defined deliverables / small features
- Autonomy
- General supervision; reviewed at milestones
- Complexity
- Some non-routine problems; applies established patterns
- Impact
- Own and immediate-team deliverables
- Decision rights
- Routine technical choices within guidance
- Leadership
- May guide interns
- Typical experience
- 1–3 yrs
What you'd do
- Conducts all types of site visits largely independently.
- Monitors patient enrollment progress and protocol adherence.
- Ensures site compliance with ICH-GCP, FDA regulations and company SOPs.
- Conduct independent site visits
- Monitor patient enrollment
- Ensure regulatory compliance
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Independent site monitoring
- Regulatory compliance
- Protocol adherence
- GCP guidelines
- FDA regulations
- Clinical protocols
- Solid GCP & Protocol Knowledge
- Technical proficiency
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree
- GCP training up-to-date
- Working toward ACRP CCRA or SOCRA CCRP certification
Common titles
Clinical Research Associate IIClinical Research Associate 2CRA
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 19-0000 — Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations (inferred)